Jongen kijkt naar een autoband met gezicht c. 1920 - 1970

In this drawing by C. van Roojen, a boy stares out the window at a tire with a face stuck on a lamppost. With a pen, the artist lays down thick lines, shaping a scene somewhere between reality and imagination. You can see the artist is thinking associatively, letting one thing morph into another. Just think how it would feel to be in the artist’s head, spotting that tire and picturing a face. The boy, with his neat haircut and solemn gaze, seems lost in the same thought. Look how Van Roojen captures the simple joy of seeing faces in everyday objects. The lamppost, now a quirky character, is pure cartoon. It’s like those early drawings by Klee where lines dance and suggest, and we fill in the blanks. You know, all artists borrow from each other. Van Roojen reminds me that making art is about seeing the world with a sense of humor and wonder. It’s a conversation that keeps going, each artist riffing on the last.